Career
She pushed forward the study of dendritic cells, realising that they were derived from Langerhans cells and played an important role in initiating and promoting immune reactions. Brigid Balfour was born in 1914 in Street George Hanover Square, London to Hylda Snow Paget and Archibald Edward Balfour. Her maternal grandfather was Sir Richard Horner Paget, a British politician and baronet.
Balfour began her career at the National Institute for Medical Research working in nutrition, as part of the Division of Biological Standards in 1945.
She left the institute in 1978.